Please join us as SSEHRI Postdoc fellows present original research at the Northeastern University Curry Student Center throughout the month of October.
October 16, 2014 – Jennifer Carrera, PhD presents doctoral research to students faculty and guests at Northeastern University. Her presentation, “The Exceptional Politics of Water in a Wasting City” explores the politics and human health consequences of water-shut offs in Detroit Michigan.
October 9, 2014 – Maryann Cairns, PhD presents doctoral research to students, faculty, and guests at Northeastern University. Her presentation, “Environment, Rights, and Waste in Bolivia: Addressing, Unexpected Impacts from Water and Sanitation Development” detailed her ethnographic fieldwork in a Bolivian community following the implementation of an NGO water and sanitation program.